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The Best Leadership Books of 2021

Leading Blog

It leads to short-term thinking. These foundational leadership skills will make all aspiring executives more effective in their roles today and lift the trajectory of their careers. The result is that our beliefs get brittle long before our bones. It also undermines long-term business performance. Blog Post ).

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Benefit Games: Unleashing Leadership Potential Through Experiential Learning

Experience to Lead

In this article, Nina reflects on the impact and outcomes of her collaboration with WDHB, ultimately broadening perspectives and strengthening leadership skills for the future. The goal of the conference was to align on our strategic long-term plans and regional priorities, as well as focus on people development.

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The New Normal for Employee Raises: What to Expect in 2024

HR Digest

In 2023, the labor market was a wild rollercoaster ride for both employers and employees. It seems that even with the desire to scale back, employers are still at the mercy of the labor market and its skills shortages. It’s a small gesture that goes a long way in supporting the well-being of employees and their families.

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

The depth and breadth of the skills and talents possessed by this next generation of CHROs have taken them from not having a “seat at the table” too often making them a logical choice as a successor candidate to CEOs. “What makes a great CHRO, great? Carol is cool under pressure- very cool.

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The Mismanagement of Change (And 5 Ways to Get It Right)

Lead Change Blog

Employees simply must be able to make sense of and assign personal significance and meaning to the changes taking place, or their sense of certainty is compromised and they will resist the changes in the short term, and spiral downward in the longer term. And the fundamental problem behind change doesn’t make things any easier.

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Expedition Leadership in the Wild

Harvard Business Review

Understanding their go-to "signature" style allows them to then develop situational leadership skills that can adjust to current events and group needs. A 2008 University of Utah study focused on the long-term benefits of wilderness education. The study, "Long Term Impacts Attributed to Participation in Adventure Education."

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10 Elements of an Outstanding Customer Service Culture

Skip Prichard

For example, an employee who spends her early career in the straitlaced but excellent Member Support environment of USAA in San Antonio and then moves to Vegas to join the wild-and-woolly world of the Customer Loyalty Team at Zappos is definitely going to need an adjustment period before she feels at home. ” -Micah Solomon. (Be

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